2017 Alamo Bowl
The 2017 Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2017, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The 25th annual Alamo Bowl featured the 2017 [Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford Cardinal] of the Pac-12 against the 2017 [TCU Horned Frogs football team|TCU Horned Frogs] of the Big 12. It was one of the 2017–18 [NCAA football bowl games|2017–18 bowl games] concluding the 2017 [NCAA Division I FBS football season|2017 FBS football season]. Sponsored by Valero Energy, the game was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl. The contest was televised on ESPN, with kickoff at 8:00 p.m..
Team selection
The game featured the Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford Cardinal] against the TCU Horned Frogs football team|TCU Horned Frogs]. This was the third meeting between the schools – they played games in 2007 and 2008 at each team's home stadium; TCU won both games to lead the series 2–0.Game summary
Statistics
| Statistics | STAN | TCU |
| First downs | 17 | 21 |
| Plays–yards | 61–369 | 67–488 |
| Rushes–yards | 34–157 | 26–147 |
| Passing yards | 212 | 341 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 15–27–2 | 28–41–2 |
| Time of possession | 33:03 | 26:57 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| STAN | Passing | K. J. Costello | 15/27, 212 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT |
| STAN | Rushing | Bryce Love | 26 car, 145 yds, 2 TD |
| STAN | Receiving | Cameron Scarlett | 2 rec, 85 yds |
| TCU | Passing | Kenny Hill | 24/40, 314 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT |
| TCU | Rushing | Kenny Hill | 9 car, 40 yds, 1 TD |
| TCU | Receiving | Jalen Reagor | 5 rec, 169 yds, 1 TD |